Friday, March 9, 2012

Follower Friday

Family: I have a boyfriend, Stephen, on days he doesn't give
me grief about fabric everywhere ;)

Location: Florida! Right outside Disney World.

Blog: www.sewfestivehandmade.blogspot.com

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/sewfestive

Twitter: Don't have one...in fact...Twitter sort of confuses
me...technology problems are for the young too!

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SewFestive

Day job: Just graduated with a master's degree, desperately
searching for a job. Maybe I'll have one by the time it's my day to be posted!
:)

Dream job: Well, at the moment a dream job is any job; I've
always wanted to work with juvenile delinquent girls in a gender-specific
rehabilitation program, because girls don't get a lot of care in today's
criminal justice world :(

What are you working on now? My Pillow Talk Swap project!
Such a prestigious swap, and I was a little scared at first, but now I'm in the
groove, churning out clamshells like nobody's business.

(sidenote - since submitting the interview Rebecca has finished her pillow and its amazing!)

Favorites:

Place: Oahu! I'm lucky enough to have been twice
with my boyfriend, so here's 2 photos from our trips

Movie: Mulan

Food: Hmm, this is tough...bread...because it's so versatile
and can be made into so many different flavors

Way to spend a Friday night: Someone else makes me dinner
while I pull fabric for a project and then I cuddle under a quilt watching a
good movie with a glass of wine. Note: this is not my typical Friday night
hehe.

Fabric line: the Front Row print in Silent Cinema is my
favorite print, but entire line would probably be the "boy" prints
from the Children at Play line. I hope Sarah Jane designs lots more fabric!

Color: Blue or green

Designer: Hm. I don't think I have a favorite designer,
because nobody comes to mind that I like all their lines. Oh. Actually. I guess
I'll say Sweetwater! I've liked everything, although I wasn't really big on
Hometown. Love Countdown to Christmas and Reunion though!

Project completed by you: It was too
hard to choose one!

I get very attached during a project so there's really few
things that I haven't loved when I was done, but I chose these for specific
reasons. The stockings for their simplicity and my love of Essex. The quilt and
pillow set because it was my first time really FMQing and it came out great and
sold instantly at my craft show. The pillow, because, well, look how beautiful
the clean lines are; that was for the Savvy Seasons swap, and I love love love
it. And the SuperSwoon tree skirt because I made it back before everyone
started doing variations on the Swoon, and it also sold instantly at my craft
show.

Project when you need a quick finish: I like making hotpads
because they're useful and good to have around in case I need a quick gift, so
I usually make a couple coordinating aprons too.

Least Favorites:

Color: Red/pink or pastels

Fabric line: I don't like large
florals, so I haven't really liked much AMH or Heather Bailey because it's just
not my style at all. Which I realize goes against everything in the popular
sewing world....whoops!

Project completed by you:

The project on the left is fabric that I love, and the
design isn't even terrible, but it was my first quilt ever and so now I can't
not see the problems with construction within it. And it's tiny, so I haven't
finished it because it's just not a usable size really. Maybe I should make it
a wall hanging? No idea. And the pillow because I just needed another pillow
cover for a craft show, but it's not anything special; it's just blah to me. I
revel in design, so I'm just not satisfied on a personal design level with it.

Thanks Jennifer! It's so nice knowing there's someone else
out there my own age :)